Mizrahi

Most Israeli Jews fast on Yom Kippur, while over half take part in prayer services, survey finds

Only a small number of those reported to be fasting partially or not at all are older people, according to the survey data, suggesting that the reasons are more linked to health or principle.

A Jewish man blows a shofar at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City during the final Selichot prayers ahead of Yom Kippur, September 19, 2026.
DUDU TASSA (left) and Jonny Greenwood will perform material from their acclaimed collaborative project ‘Jarak Qaribak.’

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Dudu Tassa to kick off Jerusalem Oud Festival

The Likud primaries in Ashdod, August 17, 2026.

Why Israel's right-wing voters feel the system is stacked against them – opinion

A Bank Mizrahi in Tel Aviv.

Man arrested for threats after bullets, knives, and red X's placed at banks, supermarket


Report on racism in Israel shows significant rise in reported incidents

The complaints mainly addressed racist statements and publications, discrimination in receiving service, discrimination in employment, racism by the police and racism in education.

Beitar Jerusalem soccer fans hold a banner against violence and racism ahead of their team's match against Bnei Sakhnin in an Israeli Premier League game, at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem February 10, 2013. The banner reads, "Against violence and racism in the field". REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Israel's third largest bank to pay $195 m. in U.S. tax case settlement

In a quarterly earnings report in August, the bank said it had set aside 425 million shekels ($117.75 million) during the quarter to cover a likely fine by US authorities.

A man enters a branch of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank in Jerusalem August 29, 2011.

Mizrahi Jewish spies built Israel, their descendants meet racism there

While America had closed its gates to the Jews of the Middle East, my family heard word of a safe haven for the Jewish people: Israel.

Hen Mazzig

Egypt's alleged plan to fund Jewish site restoration may be propaganda ploy

Last month, Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani announced that Sisi had earmarked the money to rehabilitate Jewish monuments and houses of worship in the country.

A synagogue that was the target of an attack is seen in Cairo February 21, 2010. An unidentified man hurled a suitcase containing a primitive explosive device at the synagogue in central Cairo on Sunday but it exploded without injuring anyone, the Interior Ministry said.

A bridge back to Yemen

While many would look back and focus on the trauma of such a period and the shock of arriving in a new country, Avraham remembers it as sweet and full of wonder.

LEA AVRAHAM – a seminal part of the Israeli dance community.

Why is the story of the Jewish refugees so little known?

The question of Arab and Islamist anti-Jewish hatred goes to the heart of the conflict with Israel. So why have Jewish refugees been so neglected?

YEMENITE JEWS living in an absorption camp in Israel in 1950

Uprooted

UPROOTED: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight Lyn Julius Vallentine Mitchell 368 pages; $37.95

Yemen Blues to highlight US Sephardi music fest

The festival is being headlined by Renan Koen, a Sephardi classical pianist from Turkey.

Yemen Blues

The art and science of changing tomorrow

Two EMET Prize winners alter the realities of their respective fields.

Sociologist Eva Illouz (Right) and Geneticist Ephrat Levy - Lahad. 2018 Emet prize winners.

Avnery’s legacy

When we hear today about Israel abandoning its democratic traditions or criticism about issues it should all be seen through the lens of Avnery’s critiques of the 1960s.

Uri Avnery at protest